Rise of Mali and Mongol Empires

Analyze similarities and differences in the rise of two of the following empires.The rise of the Mali and Mongol empires had a huge impact on the regions where they were located. The regions influenced their religious beliefs and brought out the effects of Islam, a flourishing religion in Mali but no current religion in the Mongol empire. The Mali people were much more tolerable and peaceful rather than the Mongols. The Mongols expanded by conquering permanent states. However, the Mali were much more considerate with war tactics but were also able to expand from regional kingdoms. Although the Mali empire and the Mongol empire arose differently such as in establishing area, they also shared similar traits.

Both the Mali empire, a region located in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Mongol empire, a region in Asia shared a similarity in their religious tolerance. The Mali empire was known for its Islamic religious views while the Mongol empire had no current beliefs. The Mali people were not ordered to follow the Islamic belief, however African customs still existed. Although the Mongol empire had no specific religion, practice of many were allowed. The once problematic beliefs between Islam and Christianity, came to an end. Since the Mongol’s were much more violent than the Mali people, they believed and cared more about conquering rather than religion. They allowed for the practice of many religions in order to be able to prevent chaos. Both the Mali and Mongol empires believed in justice within religion in the societies because they were not threatened by the other existing religions. With the common expansion within both empires, they were both influenced by cultures by trade. Since the Mongols were highly interested in expansion rather than religion, they controlled the Silk Road which allowed for many new ideas and customs.

The Mongol empire arose by conquering permanent states and regions. The Mongol military was so powerful during conquering that they...